Anyone watching "Fargo" on FX?

I saw it last night and was blown away. If you saw the movie, this show is almost identical to it but with other characters. Billy Bob Thornton was phenomenal in his role. I was highly entertained and am looking forward to watching it every Tuesday now. Looks like the Coen Brothers have another hit on their hands.

The Coens are often accused of being misanthropic, a charge that I've often found unfair, or at the very least, simpleminded. This show, on the other hand, really is misanthropic, to the point that it nearly seems to be shaking its head in disbelief at all these poor schlubs who have no idea how close to death they are, and how little the world will miss them when they're gone. That's not an inherently bad thing — a lot of substantive artists seemed to hold great swaths of humanity in contempt — but it's worth knowing going in, otherwise you'll be rattled by those moments when Fargo seems to adopt the point of view of Thornton's character, a Joker-like shit-stirrer who believes that, as Teach ranted in the play American Buffalo, there is no law, there is no right and wrong, the world is lies.

The last half-hour of the 90-minute pilot is the strongest section, because it develops a tone that could be described as Coen-esque, but does so organically, in a way that assures you that it will become its own thing. The next three episodes get incrementally weirder, stronger, and more original, to the point that you forget to measure this Fargo against its namesake, or against any of the Coens' masterworks, and simply enjoy the odd, sour, frightening, occasionally splendid thing in front of you. Another good sign: Even though this Fargo rips through plot like a wood chipper, you needn’t worry that the show will have nowhere to go next season, because — like True Detective and American Horror Story — this is an anthology series, in which the unit of measure is the season rather than the episode. Certain characters and plotlines may continue. Others will drop. This is a smart move. Fargo is a smart show. Not pleasant, not kind, but smart. Ruthless.

before the last episode aired it was referred to by fx as the series finally in there advertisements for the last episode. maybe the rateings were so good they changed there minds? awesome show either way. i loved it.